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found here http://www.thinkbabynames.com/search/1/old+english

You know that Old English = Saxon (more or less), right?


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Nope I was told by my Family and even in my family bible old English names were of a mix heritage down through the years with the tradition started by the Romans and Gaul's who came to Briton with many being from the Israelite tribe of Judea down through the years the saxons adopted many of them or some are of Saxon origination but mostly they are most common placed names from the old Latin texts found to have been used in the following places Rome, Judea, Gaul, Saxony, and Normandy. This is what I turned up and according to what I had researched.

I believe these are old English names, rather than 'Old English' names. Like Taliesin says, Old English refers to the pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon language, and these names clearly are not those, but already modified. More than that, they look to be modernised.

So modern names that have a long history, not authentic 'Old English' names.

I believe these are old English names, rather than 'Old English' names. Like Taliesin says, Old English refers to the pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon language, and these names clearly are not those, but already modified. More than that, they look to be modernised.

So modern names that have a long history, not authentic 'Old English' names.


Indeed, that's what they look like: Modern english names of longstanding use.

One should stay away from "Baby Name" sites - they tend to be poorly researched.

A fairly decent, and fairly well researched, names site: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/
Including a rather interesting article on pictish names. http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/pictnames/pict3_4.html#section3
And 1000 years of British names: http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/tangwystyl/british1000/

OK THANKS FOR THE LINKS!